In Royal Circles

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning, left, and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, right, sit alongside Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a Commonwealth leaders' group photograph ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Friday Nov. 27, 2009.

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Queen Elizabeth II, right, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the airport in Port-of-Spain, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. The Queen is in Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). The three-day meeting starts Nov. 27.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, meets the new Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, wearing green head dress back to camera, and other Heads of Government at a reception during The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Friday Nov. 27, 2009.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and the Duke of Edinburgh walk in the grounds of President George Maxwell Richards' official Home in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, before joining guests at a State Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and the Duke of Edinburgh, arrive at L.F. Wade International Airport, St George, Bermuda, at the beginning of a three-day tour of the island on Nov. 24, 2009.

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Earlier in the month, the queen's oldest son and heir made his own trip to North America visiting a half dozen locations across Canada. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are followed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while arriving in a horse-drawn carriage for the opening ceremony of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ont., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.

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Prince Charles, center, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are escorted by Rt. Rev. James Cowan into church services at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, B.C., on Sunday Nov. 8, 2009. The royal couple are on an 11-day tour across Canada.

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Prince Charles, left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visit the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt near Victoria, B.C., on Monday Nov. 9, 2009. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are on an 11-day tour across Canada.

Prince Charles takes part in Remembrance Day services at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ont., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Newfoundland Lt.-Gov. John Crosbie, wearing a seal-skin coat, and his wife, Jane, second from left, greet Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at the Government House for a tree planting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in St. John's, Newfoundland.

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Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, leave with Governor General Michaelle Jean, followed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, after welcoming ceremonies in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.

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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, left, join Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, as they arrive for a dinner at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ont., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Prince Charles shares a laugh with Governor General Michaelle Jean as they take part in a dinner at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ont., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.